DISINFORMATION ALERT: using weaponized inaccurate exit poll data to target marginalized communities
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DISINFORMATION ALERT: using weaponized inaccurate exit poll data to target marginalized communities
Post-election disinfo: weaponized unreliable exit polls targeting marginalized communities
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The Nexus Of Privacy (privacy.thenexus.today)
Well-crafted disinfo takes advantage of our emotions by getting us to amplify false and misleading messages. A specific example of post-election racialized disinfo that I’m seeing a lot of is weaponizing exit poll data to target Latinos, Black men, trans people, and other marginalized demographics.
Like a lot of disinfo, this combines a kernel of truth with misleading framing, misleading omissions, and misleading context ... it seems plausible, so even people who aren't intentionally trying to spread disinfo will amplify it. The kernel of truth here is the numbers that are being reported in the exit polls. But now lets look at the misleading omissions ...
The very framing of pointing to voting patterns of specific minority groups as responsible for the results omits the crucial fact that the overwhelming majority of people who voted for white supremacy are white
The exit poll data itself is almost certainly inaccurate. In 2016 and 2020, there were major flaws in the data – and these problems are especially acute when it comes to race and ethnicity.
The way the exit poll results are presented misleadingly gives the impression that communities are monolithic. In reality, "Latino voters" includes Black, Indigenous, white, and multi-racial people from many different countries living in many different places. White Cubans in Miami are very different from Afro-Latino Haitians in Springfield Ohio. By lumping them together in a single category, the exit polls obscure these critical distinctions.
As @blogdiva says,
"you can make it all up in more ways than one. who are those latinos? they wont break them down by country and race and that's by design."
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The Nexus of Privacyreplied to The Nexus of Privacy last edited by
As always, it's important to think before you engage or share. 5 ways to fight post-election disinformation on Bluesky and the Fediverse, on the IFTAS blog, is a deep dive into tactics.
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Raging LibTarg is Furious 🐗✊🏾🤬replied to The Nexus of Privacy last edited by
@thenexusofprivacy @blogdiva @KamalaHarrisWin
“The very framing of pointing to voting patterns of specific minority groups as responsible for the results omits the crucial fact that the overwhelming majority of people who voted for white supremacy are white”
Hard truth that needs to be confronted if we’re ever going to get anywhere.
